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Agathon
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“μόνου γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ θεὸς στερίσκεται, ἀγένητα ποιεῖν ἅσσ᾿ ἂν ᾖ πεπραγμένα.”
Agathon (445–400 BC) said by 400 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 5 TrGF (tr. H. Rackham, 1926)
“τέχνη τύχην ἔστερξε καὶ τύχη τέχνην.”
Agathon (445–400 BC) said by 400 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 6 TrGF (tr. R. W. Browne, 1850)
“φαῦλοι βροτῶν γὰρ τοῦ πονεῖν ἡσσώμενοι θανεῖν ἐρῶσιν.”
Agathon (445–400 BC) said by 400 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 7 TrGF (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“τάχ᾿ ἄν τις εἰκὸς αὐτὸ τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι λέγοι, βροτοῖσι πολλὰ τυγχάνειν οὐκ εἰκότα.”
Agathon (445–400 BC) said by 400 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 9 TrGF (tr. J. H. Freese, G. Striker, 2020)
“ἰδίας ὁδοὺς ζητοῦσι φιλόπονοι φύσεις.”
Agathon (445–400 BC) said by 400 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 21 TrGF (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)